Disagreeable Quotes

135 quotes by 117 authors

The task of art is to take hold of the shining, the radiance, the manifestation, of that which as spirit weaves and lives throughout the… — Rudolf Steiner
It is 11 years since I have seen my figure in a glass [mirror]. The last reflection I saw there was so disagreeable I resolved… — Mary Wortley Montagu
He who, when called upon to speak a disagreeable truth, tells it boldly and has done is both bolder and milder than he who nibbles… — Johann Kaspar Lavater
The worst, the hardest, the most disagreeable thing that you may have to do may be the thing that counts most, because it is the… — Elihu Root
Filling the conscious mind with ideal conceptions is a characteristic of Western theosophy, but not the confrontation with the Shadow and the world of darkness.… — Carl Jung
The scenes and events of long ago, and the persons who took part in them, wear a charming aspect to the eye of memory, which… — Arthur Schopenhauer
He was the strangest of all our national sports idols. But not even his disagreeable character could destroy the image of his greatness as a… — Jimmy Cannon
We need not all agree, but if we disagree, let us not be disagreeable in our disagreements. — M R DeHaan
One of the marks of maturity is the ability to disagree without becoming disagreeable — Charles R. Swindoll
Why getting angry? Getting angry doesnâ€™t solve anythingâ€¦ I donâ€™t like yelling and fighting and I canâ€™t quarrel, I prefer to let it dropâ€¦Â When… — Grace Kelly
RESPITE, n. A suspension of hostilities against a sentenced assassin, to enable the Executive to determine whether the murder may not have been done by… — Ambrose Bierce
In God's name, Monsieur, let us remain indifferent; let us strive to be equally attached to whatever obedience marks out for us, be it agreeable… — Vincent de Paul
Thus we have now for many centuries triumphed over nature to the extent of making certain secondary characteristics of the male (such as the beard)… — C.S. Lewis
The discovery of a grey hair when you are brushing out your whiskers of a morningâ€”first fallen flake of the coming snows of ageâ€”is a… — Alexander Smith
The discovery of a grey hair when you are brushing out your whiskers of a morningâ€”first fallen flake of the coming snows of ageâ€”is a… — Alexander Smith
Learning is the property of those who fear to do disagreeable things. — Pietro Aretino
The mind can be but full. It will be as much filled with a small disagreeable occurrence, having no other, as with a large one. — Samuel Richardson
In my paper the fact the XY was not equal to YX was very disagreeable to me. I felt this was the only point of… — Werner Heisenberg
Creative people are often found either disagreeable or intimidating by mediocrities. — Criss Jami
I wish we could treat our bodies as the place we live from, rather than regard it as a place to be worked on, as… — Susie Orbach

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